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Letohatchee Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Letohatchee, Alabama · Tue, Feb 11
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1988
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,048 head
▼ 352 vs last sale 1,400▲ 494 vs year ago 554 · +89.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
183 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 167▲ 54 vs year ago 129 · +41.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 10▲ 3 vs year ago 26 · +11.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady. Feeder cattle sold 6.00 to 11.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.81/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −114.50 against this barn's trailing median of $380.31.
Average price
$265.81
36 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,438
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$23.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.35
vs AL average
−31.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544278.501,5154thin
Medium and Large 2540266.421,43826
Medium and Large 3545254.681,3886thin
One grade step is worth $23.82/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale36 hd
265.81
—
AL average14 barns · 430 hd
262.46
+3.35
National average157 barns · 11,394 hd
297.00
−31.19
This barn, trailing median32 sales
380.31
−114.50
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

32 sales
429386342299median 380.3103/0305/0507/0709/0110/20
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $414.64, low $313.28, median $380.31 across 32 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,699158.422,69117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,307141.081,84545
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,201137.271,64837

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$2,0805
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)—$1,9882thin

Every lot

71 lots · USDA AMS · Mid State Stockyards LLP - Letohatchee, AL
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1229491.03/cwt480.00–500.001,1245
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1273467.56/cwt450.00–485.001,2763
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322411.63/cwt410.00–415.001,3253
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3328364.05/cwt360.00–370.001,1945
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2330384.88/cwt378.00–395.001,27014
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375357.30/cwt350.00–370.001,34015
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3375336.25/cwt330.00–340.001,2618
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added389400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,55611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1391377.04/cwt375.00–378.001,4746
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422360.72/cwt352.00–365.001,5227
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3425325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3815
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2428340.96/cwt335.00–345.001,4595
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3468308.24/cwt305.00–315.001,4433
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2484326.96/cwt324.00–335.001,5829
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2532316.80/cwt314.00–320.001,6855
Steers500–550Medium and Large 3538297.40/cwt290.00–305.001,6002
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2590310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8298
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8752
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2320303.92/cwt300.00–320.0097311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3325295.00/cwt290.00–305.0095916
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1372315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1725
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2375297.94/cwt290.00–310.001,11711
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3375274.29/cwt270.00–280.001,0297
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2426286.83/cwt280.00–296.001,22211
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3426266.61/cwt263.00–275.001,1367
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1432301.72/cwt300.00–305.001,3033
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added443316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,4006
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1472294.63/cwt292.00–300.001,3919
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475274.73/cwt270.00–286.001,30519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 3475259.75/cwt258.00–262.001,2348
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added495310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5353
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515287.00/cwt286.00–288.001,4782
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525268.29/cwt264.00–275.001,40918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3525258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3554
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1573270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,5472
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573262.22/cwt256.00–268.001,5038
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 3585248.03/cwt246.00–250.001,4512
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 3625225.71/cwt220.00–230.001,4117
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2627240.40/cwt238.00–246.001,5075
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673239.51/cwt238.00–240.001,6124
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3675215.00/cwt210.00–220.001,4514
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2679228.64/cwt224.00–230.001,5529
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715220.96/cwt218.00–224.001,5802
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721230.41/cwt228.00–231.001,6615
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Replacement773242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,8716
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 3425312.00/cwt305.00–315.001,32610
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2427328.05/cwt320.00–335.001,40113
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474316.19/cwt310.00–325.001,49914
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 3475300.80/cwt300.00–304.001,4295
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 3518285.97/cwt285.00–288.001,4813
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2521305.32/cwt300.00–315.001,5918
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 3572267.36/cwt262.00–270.001,5293
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2575281.33/cwt272.00–288.001,6184
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2624260.53/cwt254.00–270.001,6267
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 3625245.00/cwt240.00–250.001,5316
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2669247.93/cwt242.00–260.001,65914
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 3675230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5532
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2725237.29/cwt235.00–240.001,7207
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2778237.99/cwt236.00–240.001,8522
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,330148.73/cwt148.00–149.001,9784
Bulls——1,749157.49/cwt153.00–161.002,7559
Bulls——1,954170.21/cwt162.00–176.003,3264
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,159137.76/cwt135.00–140.001,59717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,232149.41/cwt149.00–151.001,8416
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,232144.00/cwt142.00–146.001,77411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,241128.10/cwt125.00–130.001,5909
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,314135.08/cwt132.00–138.001,77517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,323143.45/cwt141.00–146.001,89822
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—2,283.33/head2,100.00–2,400.002,2833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2—1,987.50/head1,975.00–2,000.001,9882
Bred Cows—Small 1-2—1,775.00/head1,750.00–1,800.001,7752

This sale against other markets

Alabama weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Alabama auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.